title: Isolation of Microsporum nanum from a patient with tinea corporis in Madras, India.
abstract: Microsporum nanum was isolated from a case of tinea corporis in a 16-year-old boy. This is the first recorded case of human ringworm infection caused by M. nanum in India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Dr A. L. M. Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Tarami, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ranganathan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Balajee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008864:Microsporum; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D014005:Tinea / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology